George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Science is always simple and always profound. It is only the half-truths that are dangerous.
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Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
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Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.
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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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If you're doing a prison show, HBO is the absolute best place in the world to be doing that because you're not going to have to do all that, you know, 'Prison Break' stuff where you can't really behave and speak like people do in a maximum-security prison.
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The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
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Singing for stage, if you don't hear yourself, that's when you push, and that's when you can hurt your voice sometimes. So if I can hear myself in my ear, it really helps me to find that balance of how loud I needed to be singing.
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You were born as the one you are.
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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
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I don't try to be sexy, but I do want to look as good as I can.
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People know who I am or are fans of 'Chelsea Lately,' and that makes my shows more fun. People know I'm silly and are on board with what I'm bringing to the table. I see the boyfriends who got dragged to the show by their girlfriends, and by the end, they're laughing harder than anybody. That's the best feeling: 'I knew I was going to get you.'
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My short attention span has allowed me a life of diversity in work and place.
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You will not see, in my career, the kind of returns this industry had in 2005 and 2006 for a very simple reason - the banks were undercapitalized, and returns are a function of earnings and capital.
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Capital, however capital may be defined, would practically cease to exist as an income producing fund, for the simple reason that if money, wherewith to buy capital, could be obtained for one-half of one per cent, capital itself could command no higher price.
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I am a person who does not subscribe to the hero-CEO school of thought.
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I love to be comfortable, but I also love to play up the glamour.
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Science is always simple and always profound. It is only the half-truths that are dangerous.
